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What is a wort chiller?A wort chiller is a heat exchanger designed to cool your wort to yeast pitch-able temperatures at a rapid rate, forming the cold break.Reduce ContaminationBefore upgrading to a wort chiller, many beginner homebrewers will chill their wort in an ice bath. While this is fine for those that brew only occasional small batches, a wort chiller will quickly become necessary for anyone who is serious about brewing the highest quality beer, efficiently. A wort chiller can literally cut hours out of your brew day, and more importantly, it will significantly reduce the risk of contamination.Immersion Wort ChillersA copper immersion chiller is a copper coil that is attached to a garden hose or kitchen sink, where cool water runs internally through the coils and is immersed in the hot wort. The heat from the wort is conducted by the copper and expelled through the chiller's outlet tube, which cools the wort in an extremely efficiently manner. Immersion chillers are most popular among homebrewers.SizesWe manufacture three different sized immersion chillers. They are all made from 100% copper and vary in length. Your wort chiller needs to match your batch size to get the most efficient temperature change and to create a decent cold break.Small 15' - Perfect for the kitchen homebrewer that is making extract batches. Typically, with extract batches you boil a smaller amount of concentrated wort (1-3 gallons) and then add clean cool water before adding the yeast. The 15' copper immersion chiller is the perfect size for these batches and easily connects to your kitchen sink with a sink adapter (sold separately). Medium 30' - The 30' chiller works well if you are making full boil extract kits or are making smaller all grain batches (3-6 gallons).Large 60' - The larger 60' chiller work well for all grain brewers making 6-11 gallons of beer.